Music Hall Performers
- Arthur Askey (1900–1982)
- Fred Barnes (1885–1938)
- Bessie Bellwood (1856–1896)
- Herbert Campbell (1844–1904)
- Kate Carney (1869–1950)
- Harry Champion (1866–1942)
- Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) - more famous as a Hollywood film star
- Sydney Chaplin (1885–1965)
- Albert Chevalier (1861–1923)
- George H. Chirgwin (1854–1922)
- Charles Coborn (1852–1945)
- Daisy Dormer (1883–1947)
- Leo Dryden (1864–1939)
- Gus Elen (1862–1940)
- G H Elliott (1882–1962)
- Gracie Fields (1898–1979)
- Florrie Forde (1875–1940)
- George Formby Senior (1876–1921)
- George Formby (1904–1961)
- Harry Fragson (1869–1913)
- Will Fyffe (1885–1947)
- Will Hay (1888–1949)
- Will Hammer (1887–1957) - more famous as the founder of Hammer Films
- Jenny Hill (1848–1896)
- Stanley Holloway (1890–1982) - more famous as an English film actor.
- Fred Karno (1866–1941)
- Marie Kendall (1873–1964)
- Hetty King (1883–1972)
- Lillie Langtry (1853–1929)
- Harry Lauder (1870–1950)
- Stan Laurel (1890–1965) - more famous as a Hollywood star
- Gertrude Lawrence (1898–1952)
- Katie Lawrence d. 1913
- Dan Leno (1860–1904)
- Jules Léotard (1839–1870)
- George Leybourne (1842–1884)
- Beatrice Lillie (1894–1989)
- Cecilia Loftus (1876–1943)
- Little Tich (1867–1928)
- Arthur Lloyd (1839–1904)
- Marie Lloyd (1870–1922)
- Tom Major-Ball (1879–1962), part of "Drum and Major" and "Drum and Ball" acts, (father of former British Prime Minister John Major)
- Jessie Matthews (1907–1981)
- Denise Orme (1885–1960)
- Edmund Payne (1864–1914)
- Nelly Power (1854–1887)
- Peggy Pryde (1869–1943)
- Arthur Roberts (1852–1933)
- George Robey (1869–1954)
- Truly Shattuck (1875–1954)
- Ella Shields (1879–1952)
- Mark Sheridan (1864–1918)
- Eugene Stratton (1861–1918)
- Harry Tate (1872–1940)
- Vesta Tilley (1864–1952)
- Tommy Trinder (1909–1989)
- Alfred Vance (1839–1888)
- Vesta Victoria (1873–1951)
- Vulcana (1875–1946) - main attraction of the Atlas and Vulcana Group of Society Athletes
- H. Vernon Watson (performing under the sobriquet Nosmo King)
- Daisy Wood (and the Sisters Lloyd)
- Billy Williams (1878–1915)
- Wilson, Keppel and Betty
The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America a London based theatre charity, strives to care for and restore the final resting places of Music Hall artistes.
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“Words move, music moves
Only in time; but that which is only living
Can only die. Words, after speech, reach
Into the silence.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Having children can smooth the relationship, too. Mother and daughter are now equals. That is hard to imagine, even harder to accept, for among other things, it means realizing that your own mother felt this way, too—unsure of herself, weak in the knees, terrified about what in the world to do with you. It means accepting that she was tired, inept, sometimes stupid; that she, too, sat in the dark at 2:00 A.M. with a child shrieking across the hall and no clue to the child’s trouble.”
—Anna Quindlen (20th century)
“The reason I’m in this business, I assume all performers are—it’s “Look at me, Ma!” It’s acceptance, you know—”Look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma.” And if your mother watches, you’ll show off till you’re exhausted; but if your mother goes, Ptshew!”
—Lenny Bruce (1925–1966)